Moons of Saturn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets to the enormous Titan. Saturn has 61 moons with confirmed orbits, 52 of which have names, and most of which are quite small. ...
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Saturn's Moons. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun in our solar system. ... Saturn has a lot of moons (33 discovered as of August, 2004). There are 18 named moons and about a dozen others that have not been named yet. Titan is the biggest moon; this moon has a thick nitrogen atmosphere. The moons of Saturn in order...
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Learn How Big Space Is With KidsAstronomy.com ... Although most of Saturn's moons are small, a few such as Titan are very large. Many of Saturn's moons orbit around the edge of the planets rings. They help to keep the rings in place, just as a shepherd keeps sheep in place.
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www.kidsastronomy.com/saturn/moons.htm
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Some of Saturn's moons are odd. A giant crater on Mimas makes it look like the "Death Star" from the Star Wars movies. Iapetus is quite dark on one side and very bright on the other. Hyperion is shaped like a garbage can.
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Saturn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Together, these...
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Two of Saturn's icy moons are visible as tiny starlike objects in or near the ring plane. Storm on Saturn; This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a rare storm that appears as a white arrowhead-shaped feature near the planet's equator.
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The dozens of icy moons orbiting Saturn vary drastically in shape, size, surface age and origin. Some of these worlds have hard, rough surfaces, while others are porous bodies coated in a fine blanket of icy particles.
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Like Jupiter, Saturn has several icy moons and small asteroid-like objects in orbit around the planet. Their sizes range from ... Six of Saturn's moons are shown in the image at left. Dione is in foreground, Tethys and Mimas to the right of Saturn, Enceladus and Rhea off Saturn's rings to the left, and Titan at top right.
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www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/saturn/satmoons.html
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